[Sca-cooks] Fruit and Meat
Susan Fox
selene at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 13 16:23:41 PDT 2008
Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Dragon said:
> <<< I think a large part of the problem is that people in the U.S. are
> acculturated to assume fruit = sweet = dessert while meat = not sweet
> = not dessert. >>>
>
> Some of this may be true. Can anyone give me a "dessert" dish that
> *does* contain meat?
>
> The only one I could think of is mincemeat pie, but I also believe
> mincemeat pie doesn't actually contain any meat.
*Real* mincemeat does, the home-made stuff like your grandmother and I
make. The fake stuff you get in jars at the modern market doesn't.
Also, suet in English-type Christmas puddings.
One could make an argument for lard or suet pie crusts. That argument
applies to dietary issues more than flavor profiles however.
Selene Colfox
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